Looking back twenty years from now at the climate debate, people will ask, “How could this go on for so long? Why did it take humanity so long to price greenhouse gases appropriately?” The only answer is some sort of collective insanity.

At their annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, from 21 to 24 June 2013, the U.S. Conference of Mayors adopted a resolution supporting and advancing resilient communities. Noting recent climate extremes and their impacts, the resolution says that "the country needs more resilient communities, able to endure and overcome these climate change, energy, and economic challenges" and that "taking action now will help save lives and increase preparedness to destructive climate change impacts, expand energy independence, strengthen local economies, and save energy and money."

Brad Schallert, program officer for climate change with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), comments on the failure of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council delegates to deliver a comprehensive approach to regulating carbon emissions from international aviation.

In this piece originally published in the Huffington Post, the head of WWF's Climate Change Program, Lou Leonard, discusses a The 3% Solution, a new report from the WWF and the Carbon Disclosure Project. According to Lou Leonard, the report is a "data-rich Rosetta stone for hidden corporate profit - $190 billion worth in 2020 or $780 billion over ten years. Companies can uncover this profit by reducing their emissions by, on average, 3 percent annually by 2020."

Forty five leading local elected officials in the U.S. on 17 June 2013 committed to creating more resilient cities, towns, and counties in the face of unprecedented extreme weather and energy challenges that threaten communities across the country. The “Inaugural Signatories” of the Resilient Communities for America Agreement letter pledged to take cost-effective actions to prepare and protect their communities from the increasing disasters and disruptions fueled by climate change, such as heat waves, floods, droughts, severe storms, and wildfires. In addition, they called for more action and support from federal leaders.

WWF issued the following statement from Samantha Smith, leader of the WWF’s Global Climate & Energy Initiative on the pledge announced on 8 June 2013 by U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping to reduce the use of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs.

In an event co-sponsored by WWF and Climate Desk Live on 6 June 2013, journalist Chris Mooney hosts a discussion about changes in weather patterns in the northern hemisphere. Featured speakers were Stu Ostro, senior meteorologist at the Weather Channel and Jennifer Francis, a climate researcher at Rutgers University.